Google_Earth

and Sky and Ocean and more!

 * //Download//**

New! in Earth 5.0 (beta)
http://earth.google.com/tour.html

Google Sky
http://www.google.com/sky/

Google Earth Flight Simulator
http://earth.google.com/intl/en/userguide/v4/ug_flightsim.html media type="youtube" key="GSuJq4UzkIA" height="344" width="425" from Jennifer Wagner ala David Letterman

Ten Reasons Why You Need To Use Google Earth In Your K6 Classroom
10. Totally changes "where I went on my summer vacation" journal entry. 9. Be teamed with another class (ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD) and collaborate (http://earth.google.com/outreach/tutorial_collaborate.html) 8. Lesson plans, kmz's, and tutorials, that have been lined up with standards, are available!! 7. Eliminates the need of flat, wall maps. 6. Bring the locale of a book to life by use of tours. (IE __Make Way For Ducklings__, __Little House On the Prairie__ or for older students: __Around the World in 80 days__, __Grapes of Wrath__) 5. Make the world a smaller place. Create placemarks of family members, e-mail pals, etc. 4. Ability to turn ANY lesson (geography, history, literature) into a more engaging and memorable experience. 3. Pre-Visit your upcoming field trip including distance and directions. 2. Latitude and Longitude coordinates take on much more meaning and understanding. 1. Visit locations (both present and past -- on earth and in space) that you and your students will probably never see in a lifetime.

What is Google Earth?
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Earth)

Directions on how to get GEPro for Free: [|googleearthprofree.pdf] media type="youtube" key="rd2uXE1fTI0" height="344" width="425"
 * Google Earth** is a virtual globe program that was originally called Earth Viewer, and was created by Keyhold, Inc., a company acquired by Google in 2004. It maps the earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS 3D globe. It is available under three different licenses: Google Earth, a free version with limited functionality; Google Earth Plus ($20 per year), which includes additional features; and Google Earth Pro ($400 per year), which is intended for commercial use.

**[|Sightseer Monthly Magazine for Google Earth]**
[|About Google Earth Tutorials -Google Earth Tutorials] - Google Earth has a set of tutorials to learn how to navigate and search for and mark locations.Practice exercises are included with each tutorial. [|Google Earth Virtual Voyages,]- Gregg Legutki of the California Technology Assistance Project has lots of links to information, handouts, and files for Google Earth [|Google Touring] - Ben at Google Touring provides a seven step tutorial for setting up your own tour in Google Earth. This site is not affiliated with Google. [|Videos of the Week (Vol. 7): Google Earth] - This video is from a lecture by David Malan from his Computer Science EI course "Understanding Computers and The Internet" at Harvard University's Extension School. David explains the basics of Google Earth including the search window, navigation, and layers. || From [|Google Earth Blog] Sometimes people just don't seem to understand that Google Earth is really a very cool application. Video content seems to be a way to easily captivate many people's attention. And Google Earth's 3D content and smooth motion makes it an ideal movie subject. Educational resources[| http://wiki.classroom20.com/Google+Earth] Visit the new [|Google Earth] help forums to find the answer to questions like, "why does the new Mac OSX Google Earth plug-in crash my browser?" 360 Cities [|Directions] Now you can travel the world courtesy of [|Google Earth] and 360 Cities' thousands and thousands of VR panoramas from locations around the globe. 360 Cities is now featured as part of the Gallery layer and Preview layer of Google Earth. When you open Google Earth, click 'Gallery' in the layers window and then select 360Cities. As you navigate the world, you'll see the 360 Cities icons wherever we currently have panoramas. A KMZ or KML is a google earth landmark(s). Once you open the KMZ, it immediately takes you to the location(s) in Google Earth. ( A **KMZ** file is simply a "zipped" **KML** file.) > KML Gallery - http://earth.google.com/gallery/Adding and Sending a KMZ - [|KMZCreateandSend.pdf] > [| Underground to Canada.kmz] > [| Hana's Suitcase.kmz]
 * [|Layering with Google Earth-]
 * Places** []
 * [|Prado Museum Google Earth layer] that allows users to explore art work through Google Earth. You can watch the video introduction to the Prado Museum layer
 * [|Google Earth Tutorials]
 * ==KMZ/KML FILES==
 * How To Use the Ruler Tool - http://jenuinetech.com/blog/?p=389
 * Google For Educators - http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html
 * Google Earth User Guide - http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/#navigating
 * Google Earth Community - http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php/Cat/0
 * 20 Interesting Ways To Use Google Earth - http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_175fp5qg9d3&skipauth=true
 * Adding Images to Google Earth - [[image:http://jlwagner.pbwiki.com/ficons/type_pdf.gif link="http://jlwagner.pbwiki.com/f/addingimages.pdf"]][|addingimages.pdf]
 * Getting to know Google Earth - http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/index.html
 * The Siteseer (Google Earth Newsletter) - http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/z0302a1700/oct08.htm
 * How Stuff Works - http://computer.howstuffworks.com/google-earth.htm/printable
 * Geography Awareness Quiz and Africa resources http://www.google.com/educators/gaw.html

Applications in Education
[|Create a Country ***] [|Google Lit Trips - The Greatest Road Trip Stories] [|View Ancient Rome in Google Earth] [|Geography and Science Lesson Plans Using Google Earth] [|Real World Math] [|Thematic Mapping Engine] Kevin Amboe http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=15418 and http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=15678 or Search the [|Apple Learning Interchange]

Mini-tutorial about [|customizing your own Google Earth tours]. Enjoy! http://classroomgoogleearth.wikispaces.com/ [] Twenty-Three Interesting Ways and Tips to use GE in the classroom - [|Google Docs]  If you are more of the visual learning type, there are two excellent [|YouTube channels] dedicated to helping you learn [|Google Earth.] A [|post] at One Man's Blog which highlights several Google Earth tours showing off some of its capabilities. Here are two of them: media type="youtube" key="Nhd2qYiuUf8" height="344" width="425" media type="youtube" key="Zj_qy6QOnfc" height="344" width="425" With the new Embedded KML Viewer http://tinyurl.com/7jhmdq You can embed Google "my maps" (or an Earth file) directly into Google Sites - nice! In Google Sites, edit the page, choose insert, more, "add by URL" and then use this URL: http://tinyurl.com/8fngtd You'll see it come up in the preview then just choose 2D map or 3D Earth and paste in your "My Maps" URL.


 * Mountain View: http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/tech-tools-rotation-1/geo-apps
 * Chicago: http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/2008-09-24/geo
 * Cindy Lane [|http://www.googleearthgoods.pbwiki.com]
 * Molly Schroeder: http://sites.google.com/site/edinagg/google-earth